Sustainability design in requirements engineering: State of practice

Ruzanna Chitchyan; Christoph Becker; Stefanie Betz; Leticia Duboc; Birgit Penzenstadler; Norbert Seyff; Colin C. Venters

doi:10.1145/2889160.2889217

Sustainability design in requirements engineering: State of practice

Ruzanna Chitchyan, Christoph Becker, Stefanie Betz, Leticia Duboc, Birgit Penzenstadler, Norbert Seyff, Colin C. Venters

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Abstract

Sustainability is now a major concern in society, but there is little understanding of how it is perceived by software engineering professionals and how sustainability design can become an embedded part of software engineering process. This paper presents the results of a qualitative study exploring requirements engineering practitioners' perceptions and attitudes towards sustainability. It identifies obstacles and mitigation strategies regarding the application of sustainability design principles in daily work life. The results of this study reveal several factors that can prevent sustainability design from becoming a first class citizen in software engineering: software practitioners tend to have a narrow understanding of the concept of sustainability; organizations show limited awareness of its potential opportunities and benefits; and the norms in the discipline are not conducive to sustainable outcomes. These findings suggest the need for focused efforts in sustainability education, but also a need to rethink professional norms and practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	533-542
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450341615, 9781450342056
ISBN (Print)	9781450342056
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217 https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2016
Event	IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering - Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, United States Duration: 14 May 2016 → 22 May 2016 Conference number: 38 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7876286/proceeding http://2016.icse.cs.txstate.edu/ (Link to Conference Website)

Conference

Conference	IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering
Abbreviated title	ICSE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	14/05/16 → 22/05/16
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7876286/proceeding http://2016.icse.cs.txstate.edu/ (Link to Conference Website)

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Chitchyan, R., Becker, C., Betz, S., Duboc, L., Penzenstadler, B., Seyff, N., & Venters, C. C. (2016). Sustainability design in requirements engineering: State of practice. In ICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion (pp. 533-542). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217, https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217

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Chitchyan, R, Becker, C, Betz, S, Duboc, L, Penzenstadler, B, Seyff, N & Venters, CC 2016, Sustainability design in requirements engineering: State of practice. in ICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 533-542, IEEE/ACM 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, Texas, United States, 14/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217, https://doi.org/10.1145/2889160.2889217

Sustainability design in requirements engineering : State of practice. / Chitchyan, Ruzanna; Becker, Christoph; Betz, Stefanie; Duboc, Leticia; Penzenstadler, Birgit; Seyff, Norbert; Venters, Colin C.

ICSE '16 Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering Companion. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2016. p. 533-542.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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